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Dent On The Knee Cap. Pain In The Knee After Straining For A Long Time. No Injury. Reason?

I noticed a thumb-shaped and sized dent right under my left kneecap. It doesn't hurt at all when touched, but it concerns me because it wasn't there before and looks pretty abnormal.
My left knee gets pretty sore when I work long shifts at work (standing and walking for long periods of time) or when I just walk a lot, but I have never really injured my knee and have never had any form of surgery.

What could this be?
Sat, 11 May 2013
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Orthopaedic Surgeon,  's  Response
Hello,
Welcome at HCM.

I have read complete details of your question.

It looks that you are having pain at your knee with swelling & dent.Looking at your details it can be osteoarthritis of knee.You should do following to have relief in this-

- Avoid bending movements at knee.

-You should decrease your weight as this is main factor in overloading of joint with old age.

-Start doing quadriceps exercises.These exercises are designed to increase the strength of thigh muscles.This will take away the weight from knee to muscles of thigh.You should do these like following-

http://quarieps.blogspot.in/

-Do warm fomentation at your knee.This will reduce pain.

-Start taking some joint supplements like glucosamine & chondroitin sulfate preparations.This will help in regeneration of cartilage at your knee.

-You should at least have a x ray of your joint because there is possibility of presence of loose bodies in your knee.If this is there then you may need a surgical intervention to remove that.

Hope this all will help you.

With best wishes.
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Dent On The Knee Cap. Pain In The Knee After Straining For A Long Time. No Injury. Reason?

Hello, Welcome at HCM. I have read complete details of your question. It looks that you are having pain at your knee with swelling & dent.Looking at your details it can be osteoarthritis of knee.You should do following to have relief in this- - Avoid bending movements at knee. -You should decrease your weight as this is main factor in overloading of joint with old age. -Start doing quadriceps exercises.These exercises are designed to increase the strength of thigh muscles.This will take away the weight from knee to muscles of thigh.You should do these like following- http://quarieps.blogspot.in/ -Do warm fomentation at your knee.This will reduce pain. -Start taking some joint supplements like glucosamine & chondroitin sulfate preparations.This will help in regeneration of cartilage at your knee. -You should at least have a x ray of your joint because there is possibility of presence of loose bodies in your knee.If this is there then you may need a surgical intervention to remove that. Hope this all will help you. With best wishes.